Coupling



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texano RUDOLF ALEXANDER HAGE, OF GOTTENBORG, SWEDEN.

COUPLING.

Application filed September 13, 1924, Serial No. 737,567, and in GreatBritain August 12, 1924.

rl`hisinvention relates to coupling devices tor use in imparting to ahammer disc or other driven member' a combined rotary motion and bodilydisplacement so that its center ot gravity traces a closed path.invention is more particularly applicable to hammer mechanism ot thekind described in British Patents Nos. 164,752 and 207,272, but it isnot limited to such application.

According to the present invention, a coupling device of this lrind ischaracterized by the incorporation oi' two sliding members which inaddition to being rotated as a whole arecaused to reciprocate at rightanglesrto each other by the action ot xed eccentrics. These eccentricsform fixed bearings for a pair ot eccentric straps through which passpivot pins mounted on two arms carried pivotally by a disc mounted on adriving shaft. One end ot each ot' these arms is pivoted on a commonpivot pin on the disc and the free ends are connected to shoes moving incurved slots in the disc and are provided with pivot pins which arejournalled in the ends of the reciprocating sliding members. rThesliding members move in guides Yformed in a second disc secured to asecond shaft adapted to drive a pin disc for operating the hammer discor other driven member.

The shait to which the second disc is secured lis journalled in abea-ring in a slider vertically guided in a guide secured to the casingof the device. The reciprocating movement of this slider may be adaptedto effect the periodic rotation of a tool and operate a pump forsupplying compressed air to the hole drilled by the tool and forremoving dust from said hole.

In the accompanying drawings are illustrated various forms ofconstruction according to the invention.

Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of the coupling device applied to ahammer mechanism.

Fig. 2 is a' sectional elevation on the line 2-2 ot Fig. 1.

Fig. 8 is a side elevation ot one of the eccentric straps, one of thcarms, and a shoe.

Fig. 4 is a sectional. elevation on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4a is a detail view ot one of the ing members.

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 6.

slid- The Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation on the line GMG of Fig. 1.

Figs. 7 and 8 are side and :trent elevations ot' a modified detail.

Fig. 9 is a sectional elevation on the line Fig. 10 shows an elevationpartly in section of the device applied to a drill and provided withmechanism for periodically rotating a tool and for supplying compressedair to the drill and removing dust from the drilled hole.

Fig. 11 is an elevation of the right hand end ot' Fig. 12.

Fig. 12 shows the coupling device arranged bet-ween an electric motorand an electric generator.

Referring first to the application illustrated in Figs. 1 to 9. Thecoupling device comprises a disc-like member 2 integral with or attachedto a shaft 1 journalled on au axis 88 in a bearing sleeve 3- itted' in acasing 4 and driven by a suitable source of power, such as an electricmotor. Two arms 7 8, are pivotally mounted at one of their ends on acommon pivot 5 carried by disc 2 near the upper edge of the rectangularpor tion oit the disc-like member 2, and carry at their other free endspivot pins 13 and 14 which project from both sides of the arms. Thepivot pins 18, 14, projecting from the right hand sides (Fig. 1) of thearms 7, 8, respectively, engage with bearings in the ends ot eccentricstraps 15, 16, respectively, which ride upon discs 17, 18, eccentricallymounted with respect to the shaft 1 and fixed to a disc 19 bolted to thecasing 4. The disc 19 may be adjustable in the casing 4 in order thatthe positions of the discs 17, 18, may be varied; the discs 17 18, mayalso have their positions varied relatively to each other.

The pivot pins 66, 67 projecting from the left-hand side of the arms 7,8, respectively, carry guide shoes 9, 10, which work in guide slots 1112, in the member 2. The shoe 10 is formed with a neck 64, Fig. 3, toallow for the thickness ot the arm 7 and its associated eccentric strap15. The shoes 9, 10, are also provided with pivot pins 20, 21, whichengage in bearing holes in sliding members 22,

23, Fig. 4, adapted to slide in grooves 24, 25, Figs. 5 and 6, formed atright angles to one another on the right-hand side (Figs. 1 and of adisc 26. The sliding members 22, 23,

tory motion of said free ends of' said arms to said sliding' memberswhereby a reciprocatory vertical mot-ion is Igiven to said second discin addition to a bodily rotary motion.

2. A coupling' device comprising a rotating sha-tt, a disc-like membermounted on said shat't, two arms mounted on a common pivot on saiddisc-like member, two iXed discs eccentrically mounted with respect tosaid shaft and carrying straps to which are pivoted respectively thefree ends of said two arms whereby a reciprocatory motion in addition toa bodily rotary motion is imparted to said free ends, a second discmounted in a separate bearing having` freed-om of movement in a verticaldirection, two sliding members which slide in grooves crossing oneanother at right angles in the face of said second disc, and means forimparting the reciprocatory motion of said freev ends of said arms tosaid sliding members whereby a reciprocatory vertical motion is given tosaid second disc in addition to a bodily rotary motion.

3. A coupling` device comprising' a rotating` shaft, a disc-like membermounted on said shaft, two arms mounted on a common pivot 0n saiddisc-lilre member, means for imparting` to the free ends of said arms areciprocatory motion in addition to their bodily rotary motion with saiddisc-like member, guide shoes pivoted to said free ends and adapted toreciprocate in sl-ots in said disc-like member, a second disc, twosliding' members pivoted t-o said shoes and which reciprocate inright-angled lgrooves in the face of said second disc whereby areciprocatory vertical movement is given to said second disc in additionto a bodily rotary motion.

4. Acouplinfr device comprising' a rotating shaft, a disc-like membermounted on said shaft, two arms mounted on a common pivot'on saiddisc-like member, means fork imparting to the free ends vof said arms areci roeatory motion in addition to their bodily rotary m-otion withsaid disc-like mem ber, a slider mounted for vertical movement in afixed slotted guide plate, a .second disc f `iournalled in a bearing insaid slider, two sliding members which work in right angledgrooves inthe face of said second disc, means for imparting the reciprocatorymotion of said tre-e ends ot said arms to said sliding members whereby areciprocatory vertical moti-on is given to said second disc in additionto a rotary motion.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature.

RUDOLF ALEXANDER HAGE.

